UNTIL........
there is a way to determine the amount of uric acid ACTUALLY in
the joint/fluid(synovial and other))OR in the flesh in the immediate
area(interstitial tissue/membrane..
THEN we're in the dark..
RIGHT NOW about the ONLY way to determine this is WITH A GOUT
ATTACK..
AND the ONLY way to fix it is to get an average baseline blood
level of uric acid/urate whatever you wanna call it..over several
months..pre,attack,post..
From tbis we determine an "average" level..AND we gotta reduce
this by 20 to 30 %..to get the uric acid out of the joints.
Allopurinol seems to be the ONLY thing that can and HAS done this..
This is the ONLY problem really with gout..there seems to be NO
WAY of determining what is going on between attacks..UNLESS the
average level is/has been lowerred by the 20 to 30 %.It is pretty
much accepted NOW that if the level stays the same..THEN the uric
acid is still being deposited..and guess what..sure last time..or the
last few times it was your left toe..whatver..SURPRISE SURPRISE oh
dear me how did this happen..THEN IT is like a HUGE area of your
right foot(what.where ever)..and you are dealing with a MONSTER
attack..